Object Details
- Description
- Incense burner; round with bulging sides, contracted neck and flaring rim; low foot, trimmed above the rim on the outside.
- Paste: porcelain, with minute grayish impurities.
- Glaze: white with very slight bluish tinge; numerous pittings in the interior and on base.
- Decoration: in underglaze blue, continuous landscape around exterior, comprising of rocks, trees, water, figures, boats, and pavilions, executed primarily in outline and wash, the water in parallel horizontal lines in typical K'ang-hsi manner; around the neck, a band of motifs comprising five of the Eight Precious Things, each alternating with a cloud scroll.
- Inscriptions
- Mark: double circle in underglaze blue on the base.
- Provenance
- To 1975
- A New York State estate, to 1975 [1]
- From 1975 to 1978
- Private collector, Washington, DC, purchased at the sale of a New York State estate, Adam A. Weschler & Son, auctioneers, Washington, DC, in 1975 [2]
- From 1978
- Freer Gallery of Art, given by a private collector in 1978
- Notes:
- [1] According to the donor, this object was acquired at the 1975 sale of the contents from a New York State house, which consisted mostly of American and European furniture and furnishings (see Curatorial Note 2, H.C. Lovell, 1978, in the object record).
- [2] See Curatorial Note 2, H.C. Lovell, 1978, in the object record.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- The Peacock Room in Blue and White [2019-2022] (May 18, 2019 to June 1, 2022)
- Chinamania (2016) (July 9, 2016 to June 4, 2017)
- Chinamania (2010) (August 7, 2010 to August 7, 2011)
- The Peacock Room (May 2, 1923 to February 21, 2011)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Anonymous
- Date
- late 17th century
- Period
- Qing dynasty
- Origin
- Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China
- Topic
- ceramic
- landscape
- Jingdezhen ware
- Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
- incense
- cloud
- China
- porcelain
- Chinese Art
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Credit Line
- Anonymous gift
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Accession Number
- F1978.40
- Type
- Vessel
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Medium
- Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
- Dimensions
- H x Diam: 14.2 × 23.5 cm (5 9/16 × 9 1/4 in)
- Style
- Jingdezhen ware
- Record ID
- fsg_F1978.40
Related Object Groups
3D Model